The Mortal Presidency : Illness and Anguish in the White House.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Robert E.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Fordham University Press, 1992.

Summary:

The presidency is hazardous to your health. Fully two-thirds of our presidents have died before reaching their life-expectancy- despite being wealthier, better educated, and better cared for that most Americans. In Mortal Presidency, the first complete account of death and illness in the White House, Robert E. Gilbert looks at modern presidents including Coolidge, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan. He shows- in some cases, for the first time- that all suffered from debilitating medical problems, physical and/or psychological, which they frequently managed to conceal from the public but which, in important ways, affected their political lives. This edition is updated to include a brief look at Presidents Clinton and Bush, both of whom suffered sudden and unpleasant indispositions while in office which to some degree affected their presidencies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction A President Falls, Another Collapses

Chapter ONE Presidential Pathology and Mortality

Chapter TWO The Trauma of Death: Calvin Coolidge

Chapter THREE Functioning in Chains: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Chapter FOUR Pain and Duty: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Chapter FIVE Illness at Camelot: John F. Kennedy

Chapter SIX Ambition and Torment: Lyndon B. Johnson

Chapter SEVEN Scars in the Teflon: Ronald Reagan

Chapter EIGHT Prescriptions

Notes

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8232-9695-4

OCLC:

1309045404